Travel Licensed Social Worker (LSW) - $2,211 per week in Fairfield, CA

Licensed Social Worker
Location: Fairfield, CA
Agency: Cynet Health
Pay: $2,211 per week
Shift Information: Days - 5 days x 8 hours
Contract Duration: 8 Weeks
Start Date: 10/19/2026

About the Position

Job Title: Medical Social Worker Profession: Clinical Allied Specialty: Client Duration: 8 weeks Shift: Full-time Days Hours per Shift: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Experience: Acute care experience required License: ASW or higher license required, LCSW preferred Certifications: N/A Must-Have: Strong psychosocial assessment skills; strong critical thinking skills; skilled at working with patients and families coping with loss and grief; strong organizational skills with attention to detail; ability to work effectively with diverse populations; strong written and oral communication skills. Description: Provides direct clinical social work service, counseling, discharge planning, and case management services to hospital patients and their families, including assessment and documentation of emotional, social, financial, environmental, or follow-up referral needs. Works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary healthcare team. Formulates a psychosocial plan of care related to assessment of patients' unique strengths and needs. Develops a discharge plan for the caseload as designated by the team. Monitors progress toward goals of care and identifies barriers to meeting estimated length of stay. Facilitates integration with community-based resources to optimize patient health. Activities are consistent with the organization's mission and values and in compliance with applicable regulations and policies and procedures. Partners with physicians, nursing, and other members of the healthcare team to establish, document, implement, and evaluate a plan of care based on the patient's unique health strengths and needs. Brings psychological assessment skills, acute, long-term, and community health expertise, learning theory, and multidisciplinary team expertise to the interdisciplinary team. Monitors progress of the plan of care and communicates any changes with the care team. To the extent possible, provides integrated mind, body, spirit service to the patient and family through a mutually agreed-upon plan of care and patient advocate relationship. Supports processes related to the health management of patients across the continuum of care, e.g., quality improvement and clinical research. Assesses needs of patients/families and conceptualizes problem situations within the social work scope of service using appropriate age-related skills. Provides direct social work services and counseling to patients and their families. Interprets social, psychological, emotional, financial, and family issues for attending physicians and other healthcare team members. Completes documentation required in patients' medical records and other reporting systems. Demonstrates continued enhancement of professional skills. Complies with department and hospital policies and procedures. Supports organization goals to provide the best and optimal care to patients and families. Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Required for Onboarding

• BLS
• Pharmacology
• Skills Checklist
• Specialty Exam